Planyard

Vorteile

Its automated so it significantly reduces data entry. It eliminates many potential errors, for example that you would get on Excel. The data is accessible real time to aid cost control and decision making. Expensive QS's/PM's can focus on value added activities rather than filling out spreadsheets. If a QS leaves, the data is there and it's easy for a new QS to take over. Eliminates estimating errors. Better & quicker cost control and sign off of variations from clients. It keeps being updated with new useful features.

Nachteile

I didn't find it sooner! Some of the terminology was confusing but this has been updated now. And there is a detailed explanation attached to every box within the software. The support team are also very willing to help if you have any queries.

Vorteile

Super helpful and responsive support staff who are the actual developers, not a call centre worker reading from a script.
Planyard takes away a lot of the headaches from manual data entry and keeping spreadsheets up to date. Gives a clear and easy visual display of your construction budgets and links to xero so your bookkeeping is in sync with your spending and your budget.

Nachteile

There have been a few niggles over time with functionality and usage, but the Planyard team have been quite remarkable at listening and improving the product almost in real-time in response to feedback from myself and others. As the product evolves it becomes better and better suited to the task in hand and is now an essential part of our workflow.

Vorteile

It´s an easy-to-use software and provides a clear control of your budget and linking to Xero will allow your accounting to be synchronized with the projects.
With recent developments and improved features, it´s easy now to place purchase orders, valuations and manage subcontractors.
The invoices upload and approval are accurate and intuitive and as soon as approved the documents are automatically sent to Xero.
The Fizure team has been quite remarkable in listening to and improving the product in near real-time in response to feedback from myself and the entire team involved. Super helpful and qualified support team.

Nachteile

The consolidation of information, namely the costs invoiced and incurred could be better, but it seems that improving this functionality is already on its roadmap.

Vorteile

I finally don’t have to work in Excel anymore or do duplicate data entry. The subcontractors do the work for me when they report progress through commitments or respond to RFQs.

Fizure also does budget calculations for me. Everything is kept up to date and the forecasts work in real time.

I don’t have to stay up all night to do the calculations manually when the month’s end approaches and everyone wants to get paid. Commitments and invoicing work great there.

In addition I save around an hour per RFQ because Fizure automates this process and makes RFQs easily comparable. That adds up to several workdays per project.

Nachteile

Processing consolidated invoices could be better but it seems fixing this is on their roadmap already.

Vorteile

Thanks to planyard , i used excel less frequently !!

Nachteile

didnt understand some terminology however customer team helped me on this.

Vorteile

For those who are managing construction project budgets on Excel, Planyard is a great leap forward in terms of work comfort. You have automatically a real-time overview of the project costs. There is no need to sync invoices separately. Additionally, there is much less risk for human error. Information moves and saves automatically.

Vorteile

We were looking a long time for a software that covers our complete workflow. With Planyard we found a good solution for making estimates, send bid requests, evaluate the prices, make orders and follow up progress reports. This makes our project financials easier and always up to date.

Nachteile

We would like to have a better tool for specification sheets. Seems like they are going to start developing this part in the near future. So fingers crossed.

Vorteile

The ability to see day-in and day-out your current spent, projected costs & committed costs on any given construction projects.

Nachteile

The pricing structure is a little strange but the mid-tier pricing we went with for our project suits our needs perfectly.

Vorteile

What I like most is the logical and easy structure of the software. It is frankly quite easy to use and helps me save time by doing the mathematics for me. It is well organized and helps everybody involved to be on the same page. In addition you can slightly customize it to make sure you see information that is important to you but still keep you updated on what your colleges are up to. Without reading the manual it is easy to grasp what is going on and once you have done some command or task it is like you have worked on it for years.

Nachteile

There really aren't any aspects of the software that I don't like. I really enjoy using it.

Vorteile

At Hitachi ABB Power Grids, my responsibility is building power grids and substations on time and budget.

We use spreadsheets to manage everything from estimating through subcontractors' progress reporting and budget tracking. Updating spreadsheets is a dull task where a simple mistake could easily be very Expensive.

I have been using Fizure for 6 months and managed the whole subcontractor billing process on the system, where the subcontractor submits the monthly progress reports along with the change orders for review. I don't have to do any data entry, I just review and approve, and the progress report is processed, and the budget is automatically updated.

Fizure helps me to have a better overview of my project, and there is no delay in tracking the project's current status.

Nachteile

The numbers in the budget didn't seem to be realistic. But with the help of a Fizure consultant, we were quickly able to find the approved invoice that was causing the trouble. This invoice was approved while testing the system, and with a simple Archive, we were able to fix the numbers.

Vorteile

The biggest advantage of Planyard is that it helped me move away from excel! Manually updating excel tables for project cost control is time consuming and also error prone. Using Planyard greatly simplifies the whole process saving time and energy that is best used elsewhere.

Nachteile

As Planyard is a relatively new product it will take some time and effort to get the whole supply chain used to using it.

Vorteile

Itś easy to use, saves time. Easy to track costs.

Nachteile

It is new program and very often need to contact with developer to solve some issues.